Reader: Please settle
an argument. Who invented the vibrator,
Hitachi or General Electric? — C.C., Bellevue, Washington.
Neither: The honor goes to two unsung, and unwitting, 19th Century
sexual heroes, an American, D,:
George Taylor
and
Joseph Mortimer
Granville, both of whom considered their inventions medical instruments,
not sex toys. During the
Victorian era, sexual deprivation caused half to three-quarters of
women to suffer "hysteria"
(Greek for uterus), which caused
anxiety,
irritability,
distraction,
sexual fantasies and "excessive"
vaginal lubrication. Physicians
treated hysteria by
manually
massaging women's vulvas until
they experienced relief through "paroxysm" (orgasm).
During the 18th and
early 19th centuries, health
spa physicians
began offering hysterical women
treatment with pressurized
water jets, the
forerunner of the shower massagers
many women use for
masturbation today.
Then, in the 1860s, Dr.
Taylor introduced a coal-fired, steam-powered
massage device that worked but was
expensive and not at all portable. Two decades later, when batteries
became powerful enough to operate small appliances, Granville modified
Taylor's cumbersome rudimentary vibrator
into his more compact "percuteur" a muscle massager for men that he
considered "morally indefensible" for use on women.
But doctors ignored him
and used it extensively for treatment of hysteria. As the
Victorian era
gave way to the
Roaring Twenties, vibrators
stopped being marketed just to doctors for treatment of
hysteria and became household
massagers.
The 1918
Sears Roebuck
catalog offered one for $5.95, calling it an aid "every
woman appreciates". Of course, the device's sexual purpose remained
camouflaged behind the
euphemism
of massager.
Sex-toy catalogs promote
vibrators for
masturbation and couple fun, but
today, major catalogs and department stores continue to market the same
vibrators
disguised as massagers.
PlayBoy,
September 1992
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703100
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Mar 10, 1803 |
Jun 24, 1902 |
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734213
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Apr 30, 1902
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Jul 1903
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778621
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Jan 9, 1904
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Dec 27, 1904
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855594
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Oct 24, 1808
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Jun 4, 1907
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1046584
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Apr 2, 1813
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Dec 10, 1912
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1944926
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Jun 27, 1931
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Jan 1934
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2369881
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Feb 17, 1942
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Feb 1945
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3375381
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Jun 30, 1966
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Mar 1968
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6749557
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Sep 30, 2002
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Jun 15, 2004
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10/336,231
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Jan 3, 2003
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пока не выдан
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7186226
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Feb 7, 2003
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Mar 6, 2007
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10/630,639
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Jul 29, 2003
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Jul 1, 2008
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